Water Safety Tips

• Never leave a child alone near water -- at the swimming pool, the beach or in the tub -- a tragedy can occur in seconds. If you must leave, take your child with you.
• Always use approved personal floatation devises (life jackets.) The U.S. Coast Guard estimates nearly 9 of 10 drowning victims were not wearing one.
• Beware of neighborhood swimming pools -- be it your own or your neighbors. Remove toys from in and around the swimming pool when not in use. Toys can attract children to the swimming pool.
• For swimming pools, barriers can offer added protection against drowning. Power or manual covers will completely cover a swimming pool and block access to the water, however, be sure to drain any standing water from the surface of the swimming pool cover as a child can drown in very small amounts of water.
• Enroll children over age three in swimming lessons taught by qualified swimming instructors. But keep in mind that swimming lessons don't make your child "drown-proof."
• Older children risk drowning when they overestimate their swimming ability or underestimate the water depth.
  
• Teach your children these four key swimming pool rules:
  
  1. Always swim in a swimming pool with a buddy.
  2. Don't dive into unknown bodies of water. Jump feet first to avoid hitting your head on a shallow bottom.
  3. Don't push or jump on others in the swimming pool.
  4. Be prepared for an emergency.
• Always have a first-aid kit and emergency phone contacts handy. Parents should be trained in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). The National Safety Council's First Aid Institute offers first aid and CPR training, for more information call 1-800-621-6244.
  

Facts

• The majority of drownings occur in residential swimming pools while children are unattended.
• For every child that drowns, four others are hospitalized for near-drowning, and as many as three suffer brain damage.
• The majority of children who drown in swimming pools were last seen in the home, had been missing from sight for less than five minutes, and were in the care of one or both of parents at the time of the drowning.
• Most children are found in the swimming pool fully clothed.

Although our product boasts an impeccable success rate to date, we always encourage and advocate 100% parental supervision. This, along with common sense and other barriers will provide a pleasurable co-existence between swimming pools and families. If more people would simply accept the responsibility of protecting their swimming pools with pro-active measures such as this, senseless drownings would no longer be epidemic.

Remember swimming pool safety is no accident!

Affiliates:
BBB
Chamber of Commerce
NSPI (National Spa and Pool Institute)
Water Watchers
Drowning Prevention Collation of Central Arizona

Contact Info:
Cover the Water / Toddler Net Works, LLC.
2861 E. Estrella Dr
Gilbert, AZ 85296
1-866-NO DROWN (663-7696)
480-607-9911 AZ
702-336-2393 NV
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We service the following areas:

Arizona

California

Nevada

Las Vegas and surrounding areas.